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Import & export code CU2548405 · Boksburg, South Africa

Power transmission,
coded for border crossings.

Every one of the 3,864 lines we carry holds three things at once: our own traceable part code, the legacy Challenge number your workshop already uses, and the HS tariff heading customs will ask for. Search any of the three.

Registered
Trade Investment (Pty) Ltd
CIPC
2023/229108/07
Tax status
Compliant · exp 2027/07/24
Import code
CU2548405
Export code
CU2548405
Banking
FNB · SWIFT FIRNZAJJ · USD & EUR

Find a part by any code you already have

Sample of 78 lines shown · full register 3,864
Codes read: TIG-[category]-[legacy model]
3,864Catalogue lines
13Product categories
21HS tariff headings
7Client classes
The house

Eight divisions. One counter.

Power transmission trades from a standing catalogue today. The rest are sourced to order — we find it, compare it, land it and invoice it through the same register. Nothing here is listed as stock until it is.

01Power Transmission
Chain, sprockets, belts, pulleys, bushes, bearings, gearing and motors.
TRADING
02Industrial Sourcing
Anything you can name, photograph or hand us a broken piece of.
TRADING
03Import & Export
Registered under CU2548405, with tariff headings already on every line.
TRADING
04Aluminium & Fabrication
Gutters, roofing, panels, screens and made-to-order work.
SOURCED
05Food & Beverage
Coffee from bean to cup, hospitality supply and distribution.
SOURCED
06Nursery & Orchids
Orchids, foliage, planters, corporate plant hire and landscaping.
SOURCED
07Modular Spaces & Property
Container builds, commercial premises and development projects.
SOURCED
08Veristemix — Verification
Document, evidence and provenance analysis. A separate brand, the same spine.
IN BUILD
The catalogue

Power transmission — thirteen categories, weighted by what we actually stock.

These are line counts from the master register, not marketing categories. Sprockets, belts and pulleys carry the depth; torque limiters are a specialist tail. Tiles marked PHOTO NEEDED are lines we carry but have not shot yet. Select any category to search it.

How the business runs

One record. Eight documents.

An enquiry is typed once. From that moment the request for quotation, the client quotation, the invoice and the export pack all draw from the same record — nothing is re-keyed, so nothing drifts. Every document in the set now exists. What remains is wiring them to the registers so they fill themselves.

Website enquiry

Lines chosen from the catalogue arrive already carrying TIG codes and quantities.

WhatsApp

076 928 8253. A photo of a nameplate or a broken part is a valid enquiry.

Email

A forwarded spec, an old invoice, or a supplier quote to be matched and beaten.

DOC 01Client Intake Questionnaire

Opens the client record and sets terms, currency and Incoterms.

BUILT
DOC 02Request for Quotation

Issued to suppliers carrying the line.

BUILT
DOC 03Customer Quotation

Price, lead time, Incoterms, validity and acceptance block.

BUILT
DOC 04Pro Forma Invoice

What a cross-border buyer pays against before dispatch.

BUILT
DOC 05Purchase Order

Placed on the supplier once the client accepts.

BUILT
DOC 06Goods Received Note

Confirms condition and quantity in. Moves stock.

BUILT
DOC 07Delivery Note

Signed by the customer on receipt. Closes the order.

BUILT
DOC 08Tax Invoice

VAT invoice with exchange rate and banking detail.

BUILT
DOC 01Enquiry

Arrives from the website, WhatsApp or email. A part number, a photo, or a description of the problem. If the buyer is new, a client code is issued on the spot.

WRITES TOMaster Client List
TIG-CL-[type]-0000
DOC 02Identification

The description is matched against the register by legacy code, TIG code or specification. An unknown item is flagged for sourcing rather than guessed at.

READS FROMMaster Product List
3,864 lines · 21 HS headings
DOC 03Request for quotation

Issued to the suppliers who carry that line. Part code, quantity and required date populate themselves; only the supplier is chosen.

READS FROMSupplier Register
TIG-SU-0000
DOC 04Quotation to client

Supplier cost plus margin, VAT at 15%, validity period and payment terms. The terms come from the client's category, so a distributor and a cash buyer are priced correctly without anyone remembering to.

READS FROMClient terms + supplier cost
VAT 0.15
DOC 05Order and payment

Acceptance creates the sales order and, against it, the purchase order to the supplier. Trade accounts run on terms; cash buyers pay by card or instant EFT at checkout.

WRITES TOSales Register — TIG-SO-0000
Purchase Register — TIG-PO-0000
DOC 06Tax invoice

Built from the sales order with every field SARS requires already present. Stock moves out on the same action.

WRITES TOStock Register
closing qty · reorder flag
DOC 07Delivery or export pack

Local delivery note, or — for a cross-border order — commercial invoice, packing list and customs declaration assembled from the tariff heading and country of origin already sitting on each line.

READS FROMHS heading + origin
Export code CU2548405
Why this order matters. Each document is only as good as the register beneath it. That is why the product list, client list and supplier register are built first, and the checkout comes after — a shop sitting on a thin catalogue produces confident invoices for parts nobody can supply.
The code system

One code grammar runs the whole business.

A buyer sees a part number. Behind it, the same string keys the client register, the supplier register, sales, purchasing and stock — so nothing has to be re-typed or reconciled between systems.

TIGPrefix

Trade Investment Group — every record in the business starts here.

VBCategory

V and wedge belts. One of 13 fixed product prefixes.

BLT-13X0610Legacy model

The original Challenge number, kept whole so old orders still match.

4010.32HS heading

Attached at line level, so an export invoice can be built without a customs re-check.

ClientsTIG-CL-IN-0001

Seven classes — corporate, SME, end user, distributor, government, international, private. International clients carry SARB and FICA flags.

SuppliersTIG-SU-0001

Sequential register, linked to purchase orders and landed cost.

Sales ordersTIG-SO-0001

Client code and product code in; description, VAT at 15% and line totals out.

Purchase ordersTIG-PO-0001

Same pattern against the supplier register — purchases feed stock in.

StockTIG-VB-BLT-13X0520

Movement only: opening, purchased, sold, closing, reorder flag.

Tariff7315.11 → 8501.52

21 headings mapped across chain, belts, bearings, housings, gearing and motors.

What we do

A gatekeeper, not a middleman.

Four ways to work with the company. Each one runs on the same register, so a sourcing request and a purchase order share the same record.

TRADE

Supply from the standing catalogue — chain, sprockets, belts, pulleys, bearings, gearing and motors, priced and quoted per line.

SOURCE

Send a photo, a drawing or an old part number. We identify it, find alternatives, compare landed cost and come back with a quote.

IMPORT · EXPORT

Registered under import and export code CU2548405, with USD and EUR accounts and tariff headings already assigned at line level.

INVEST

Selected trade projects, property and industrial development opportunities presented for considered participation.

Enquiry

Tell us the part, or describe the problem.

A part number is fastest. If you don't have one, a photo of the nameplate or the failed component is enough to start.

Company details
Legal nameTrade Investment (Pty) Ltd
CIPC registration2023/229108/07
Tax reference9479149222
Import / export codeCU2548405
Managing DirectorJason Lessing
Telephone064 545 5219
WhatsApp076 928 8253
Emailsales@tradeinvestment.co.za
Address14 Watermeyer Street
Parkrand, Boksburg
BankFNB · SWIFT FIRNZAJJ

Forex accounts held in USD and EUR. Cross-border orders are documented for SARB and FICA before funds move.